Gasket



J. H.-VICTOR April 18, 1933.

GASKET Original Filed June 30, 1930 Patented Apr. 18, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN H. VICTOR, OI EVAN $110K,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 VICTOR- MANUFACTURING &

GASKET COMPANY, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS GASKET Application filed June 80, 1980, Serial No. 484,818. Renewed February 27, 1938.

This invention relates to gaskets and it is particularly useful in gaskets of comparativel large size like the cylinder head and manifold gaskets for internal combustion engines. I

The object of the invention is to provide a novel gasket of simple construction which has suflicient stability for maintaining it in proper condition for use during shipping and handling, which will effectively seal the joint to which it is applied, and which can be economically manufactured.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gasket having a reenforcing core inii terposed between and embedded in a novel manner in layers of compressible heat resist- 1n material and formin a unitary flexible :lig 't and inexpensive gas et.

And a further object of the invention is to provide a metal core having many substantially square perforations punched therein and providing projections at the ends cf the perforations and on opposite faces of the core, with layers of compressible refractory 28 material pressed upon the faces of the core and embedded and interlocked in the perforations and anchored with the projections to form a unitary flexible structure with the refractory material securely engaged and in- 80 teriocked with the core.

With these and other ends in view I have illustrated the invention in a selected emhodiment in the accompanying drawing and referring thereto,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a cylinder head gasket.

Fig. 2 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary perspective view, partly in section, of the core.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the bottom of the core as it appears in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of an exhaust manifold gasket embodying the invention.

' Referring to the drawing 7 is the core and 8 is the refractory gasket material. The core '50 .is preferably made of thin sheet metal tions 13. These punched from one side to provide a plurality of perforations 9, the metal displaced forming prongs or projections 10 on the other side of the core. In the construction shown in the drawing the perforations are substantially square and they are arranged symmetrically in rows extending longitudinally and transversely of the core, for convenience in manufacture, and the metal punched in forming the perforations provides four prongs or projections one at each side of each per oration and taperingto-a point which extends in a direction substantially normal to the general plane of the core. Sometimes these points will be straight, sometimes they will hook inward, and sometimes they will hook outward, but I prefer that they should hook outward slightly as indicated in the drawing to avoid any tendency of the prongs to bend and close the perforations when "the heat resisting gasket vmaterial is pressed thereon. Punching the perforations 9 in rows in forming the core produces crossed bars 11 which are slightly curved in cross section to form crowns on one side, Fig. 2, and channels on the other side, Fig. 4. At the intersection of these bars, on the crowned side, the metal is punched up to form perforations 12 surrounded by prongs or projecrforat1ons 12 are smaller than the perforat1ons 9 and the prongs 13 are smaller than the prongs 10. I find it conven ient to punch four prongs 13 and generally they will project straight out from the body of the core. Thus the core comprises a skeleton metal sheet of any size or shape desired and having a plurality of perforations and channel bars with projections on one side about some of the perforations and projections on the other side about the other perforations and forming an integral core barbed on both sides, with perforations to receive the heat resisting material and inter: lock the core with said material on both sides of the core, and with projections to anchor the material to the core. The heat resisting material is preferably made of asbestos or asbestos composition, or its equivalent, having compressible and heat resisting qualities adapting it'for the purpose. I prefer to apthe heat resisting material with the core, and

,may be applied gagement with the prongs. 1

ly the asbestos material in the form of millhoard which may be suitably softened, or it as a la er; in either case sufficient pressure should he applied to both sides to press the material into the openings and channels of the core and into anchoring en- Care should be rved to make the gasket of uniform thick ness throughout and preferably the prongs areembedded in the heat resisting material below the surfaces thereof so that they will not interfere with the compressibility of the gasket in adapting itself to the joint to which it is applied. The core may be made of light gage metal and the perforations 9 may be punched close together thereinproducing a skeleton structure. This enables the heat resisting material on both sides of the core to arranged as illustrated in the drawing because in manufacture it will often happen that'the prongs will be irregularly shaped and arranged and their edges will be more or less ragged but this does not detract from their usefulness in this invention. I may embody the invention in gaskets of any size, shape or construction and for any use. I have shown it in Fig. 1 in a cylinder head gasket end provided with flanges 14 about the cylmder' openings and with flanges 15 about the water circulation o nings, and I have shown it in Fig. 6 in an ex aust manifold gasket having flanges 16 about the openings.

ese flanges may be single for each opening on they may be united for two or more openings, or united for all the openings in accordance with Patent 1,472,133, patented October 30, 1923. The flanges serve the primary purpose of protecting the edges of the openings and in fgrming and maintaining a tight seal ,for the Joint and in reenforcing the gasket. he flanges overlap the marginal ed es ofthe gasket and form a desirable protection therefor and assist in retaining the heat resisting material in place. In a' gasket of this construction the flanges are particularly important at narrow sections between service openmgs because of the reen'forcement and protection against leaking and blowing which .they provide. The core porting the heat resistin some stability when a p ied as a preformed sheet but very little w en applied as a. com-- osition layer. A substantial quantity of the forms the base sup-- material which has eat resisting material enters the large perforations 9 and a less amount enters the'smaller perforations 12 but the efiect is to interlock be securely'united with the core to form a sections of said bars,

" gasket material ap thepron s anchor the material and preserve this inter ock. With the core as a reenforcement the gasket has sufficient stability for shippin it is su ciently flexible to enable it to be aplied to a joint easily and conveniently, it has sufiicient compressibility to enable it to yield under pressure in tightening a joint to form a good seal,and it can be produced at comparatively low cost. v

I have shown the invention in a form which I consider suitable forthe purpose but it may be'necessary or desirable ,to vary the construction of parts more or less toadapt it for different gaskets or otherwise and Ireserve the ri ht to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim: I

.1. A gasket comprising a metal core hav' perforations punched therein and crosse channel bars smaller than the perforations and separating said perforations and other and handling with reasonable care, a

perforations punched in the intersections of filling said perforations and embedding said 2. A gasket having service openings and comprising a metal core having perforations therein with crossed bars separating said perforations and other perforations in the intersaid bars being crowned on one side and channeled on the other side, prongs on one side of the core about one set of erforations and prongs on the other side of the core about the ether set of perforations,

ie to coreand filling sai perforations and embedding said prongs, and flanges binding the edges of said openings and overlap in the marginal edges of the openings.

3. As a new article of manufacture a gasket core havin perforations punched erein and crossed bars narrower than the forations and separating said perforations and other perforations punched 1n the intersections 0 said bars, forming the first-mentioned rforations forming lprongs on one side of t e sheet and the meta displaced in forming the rforations at the intersections of the bars orming prongs on the other side of the sheet.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a

the metal displaced in erforationsin the the sides of the the gasket material a lit ket core having perforations punched therein 4 prongs on of perforations and prongs on the other side of the core about the other set of perforations.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a. gasket core having perforations punched therein and crossed bars separatin the perforations, prongs about the edges 0 said perforations disposed on one side of the oore and forming sides on the crossed bars whereby the pertions of said hers intermediate the intersections thereof are substantially channelshaped, said bars, having perforations therein at the intersections thereof and prongs extending upwardly about said perforations on the other side 0% the core, the perforations at the intersections off said crossed bars being smsiier then the perioretions separated by the crossed hers.

JUHH H. VICTOR.

one side of the core about one set 

